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Power 19/02/2025, 11:31
Market & Industry 18/02/2025, 17:52
KKR acquires shares in EGC
Frankfurt - US investor KKR and energy service provider EGC are joining forces to accelerate the decarbonisation of the German real estate industry. KKR is also planning to introduce an employee participation model at EGC.
Politics 18/02/2025, 16:30
Gas storage: BDEW in favour of more flexible filling level targets
Berlin - During the crisis, the filling level requirements for gas storage facilities were a precautionary measure. Now they are providing the wrong incentives, complains the BDEW, adding its voice to a debate that has been driving the market for weeks.
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Politics 17/02/2025, 16:24
Cities' financial situation jeopardises heating transition
Berlin - The German Association of Cities is sounding the alarm: this year, almost no city in Germany will be able to present a genuinely balanced budget. This would also jeopardise the municipal heat transition - and could even become a problem for democracy. The cities are therefore calling for a reform of the debt brake.
Politics 17/02/2025, 14:27
Electricity association study warns of safety risks
Munich - At the Munich Security Conference, the European electricity association Eurelectric warned of dangers in the electricity supply. It was the first time that representatives from the electricity sector took part in the conference.
Politics 17/02/2025, 12:56
Municipal utilities in the north: Head of association questions reduction in electricity tax
Reinbek - During the election campaign, various parties promised to reduce the electricity tax. The Christian Demoratic CDU/CSU party group also wants to abolish the Heating Act. In an interview with energate, Roman Kaak, managing director of the association of Schleswig-Holstein's energy and water industry, explains his thoughts on the issue and what it means for municipal utilities and local a…
Politics 14/02/2025, 15:44
Energy laws pass Federal Council
Berlin - The Federal Council has waved through amendments to energy legislation shortly before the new elections. The agenda included the Energy Industry Act amendment and the amendment to the Combined Heat and Power Act.Market & Industry
Market & Industry 18/02/2025, 15:33
Logistics service provider invests in its own local heating grid
Melle-Bruchmühle - Logistics service provider Wehrmann Transport is focussing on green energy and building a sustainable local heating grid with biomass boilers. This will not only benefit the company's own properties, but also neighbouring companies in the Bennien industrial estate.
Market & Industry 18/02/2025, 14:14
Cleantech boom in the start-up market is slowing down
Frankfurt am Main - The business climate on the venture capital market is changing in line with the zeitgeist and current political discourse. The topics of security, defence and AI are becoming more important for start-up investors, while the long-standing trend topic of cleantech is losing attention.
Market & Industry 18/02/2025, 11:17
"Direct deliveries are attractive alternatives for operators"
Berlin - In times of high and volatile energy costs, many companies in the manufacturing industry are considering new ways of procuring energy - such as direct supply models. energate spoke to Katja Röper, consultant at Enervis, and Jule Martin, lawyer at Osborne Clarke, about the advantages and pitfalls.
Market & Industry 17/02/2025, 17:43
Agora Industrie gets a new director
Berlin - The Berlin-based political consultancy Agora Industrie is making a change at the top. Julia Metz is to become the new director. She is succeeding Frank Peter, who is taking on a new role in the Agora cosmos.Power
Power 18/02/2025, 15:07
Q1 Energie takes over Stadtwerke Haldensleben's charging network
Haldensleben/Osnabrück - Stadtwerke Haldensleben has sold its charging grid due to the unbundling requirements that distribution grid operators may not operate charging infrastructure. The new operator is the petrol station operator Q1 Energie.
Power 18/02/2025, 14:10
Stadtwerke Buchen becomes basic supplier
Buchen - Stadtwerke Buchen is the basic electricity supplier for the entire municipal area of the Baden-Württemberg municipality. The local supplier took over the basic supply in all thirteen districts at the turn of the year.
Power 18/02/2025, 09:30
"Electricity communities will play a decisive role"
Hückelhoven - Electricity communities offer neighbourhoods the opportunity to exchange or trade electricity with each other. The industry initiative Business Objects for Energy considers such communities to be a way of dealing with subsidised Renewable Energy Sources Act plants. In an interview with energate, Peter Martin Schroer, chairman of BO4E, explained why he believes this is the case.
Power 17/02/2025, 16:54
Charging stations: Suppliers defend themselves against monopoly accusations
Hamburg - The green electricity provider Lichtblick has been campaigning for the implementation of the pass-through model for car charging points for some time. The company has now published its fifth monopoly analysis of Germany's charging point providers - and is calling for more competition.Gas & Heat
Gas & Heat 18/02/2025, 15:50
Citizens' petition against Großkrotzenburg heat pumps falls through
Großkrotzenburg - The expensive replacement of district heating from the Staudinger coal-fired power plant has triggered discussions in the local community of Großkrotzenburg. The former mayor warns that building their own large heat pumps could overburden the residents financially, but his call for resistance has failed for the time being.
Gas & Heat 18/02/2025, 11:18
Green hydrogen more expensive
Bonn - The decline in wind feed-in and persistently cold weather led to further price increases on the short-term electricity markets. This made green hydrogen production more expensive, while natural gas-based hydrogen became slightly cheaper compared to the previous week. The Hydex index shows more.
Gas & Heat 18/02/2025, 10:20
"There is a lack of technological openness in the hydrogen market"
Berlin - The company Graforce produces green hydrogen from wastewater. The process is complex, but opens up new sources of hydrogen and offers efficiency benefits for wastewater treatment plants. Graforce CTO Jens Hanke explains what has happened since the company was founded over a decade ago and the first pilot plant, and how difficult the market environment is.
Gas & Heat 17/02/2025, 16:44